The Islamic Faith

Chapter 1 Islam is the religion of all prophets and the true and everlasting religion. Chapter 2 Interpretation of Islam: What is in God's book may be interpreted only through the Sunnah, the understanding of the Prophet's companions and analogy with these. Chapter 3 The right owed to God by His servants: Unbelievers incur punishment in hell but this does not negate granting them benets in this life. Chapter 4 Faith, disbelief and hypocrisy: Which property enjoys sanctity. - Who is considered unbeliever. - The status of ignorant people whether deliberately or by inability. Chapter 5 The nature of faith: What is faith. - Faith may increase or decrease. - What proves it and who has excuses. Chapter 6 God's names and attributes: Their conrmation or negation. - God's will. - Are His attributes comparable with those of others. Chapter 7 God's words and the Qur'an: The Qur'an is His word, whether spoken or written. - The ruling regarding anyone who claims that it is a creature. Chapter 8 The nature of religious truth: The relation between religious text and reason. Chapter 9 God's legislation for religion and life: Both are the same. - God's law is suited for all generations. - Deduction of rulings is only in cases where no religious text applies. Chapter 10 God's determination of destiny: His will and cause and effect. Chapter 11 The inevitability of death: Resurrection, reckoning, reward and punishment, and other matters related to the life to come. Chapter 12 The Muslim community: Its leader and the obedience due to him. - Conditions of his authority and the ruling regarding rebellion. - What is due to him from his people and the place of scholars. Chapter 13 Jihad: Its types and conditions. - Intention and obedience of the leader of the Muslim community. Chapter 14 The status of the Prophet's companions and their distinction: The best of them and the consequences of speaking ill of them. - How to regard their disagreements. Chapter 15 Who may be ruled as unbeliever and on what basis: The claim that a particular person will be in heaven or hell. Chapter 16 Servitude and the nature and extent of freedom.